Can't Start the game at all (SOLVED)

[stargazer]

I start the game, a window opens and runs some lines of code, which closes too quickly for me to read it, the screen goes black, a grey box appears for a moment, then the game closes all of a sudden

I've searched and searched and looked through guide after guide but EVERY SINGLE ONE either doesn't work or tries to explain stuff to me like i've been modding for half my life

Please could somebody explain to me in HUMAN TERMS how to get this game running
Don't just link some other old ♥♥♥ article otherwise i will actually scream

[>M@tEo$<]

So I guess you've been through this one:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=256261724

I believe the first part would help, what are you missing?

[stargazer]

I mean for one I can't install the mod because it makes no sense

[PNB]

No error messages? Not much to go on.
Something is obviously configured incorrectly.

You could try rewriting your wolfenstein config file.
It may solve your issue, it may not, but it won't do any harm to try it...

Locate wolfconfig.cfg in...

:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Return to Castle Wolfenstein\Main

Copy it somewhere safe first, then delete it from the "Main" folder listed above.
When you restart the game, the file will be re-written correctly and might solve your problem.
If it does not, you still have the original file saved to replace it with.

[stargazer]

Originally posted by Hhomeruss:

No error messages? Not much to go on.
Something is obviously configured incorrectly.

You could try rewriting your wolfenstein config file.
It may solve your issue, it may not, but it won't do any harm to try it...

Locate wolfconfig.cfg in...

:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Return to Castle Wolfenstein\Main

Copy it somewhere safe first, then delete it from the "Main" folder listed above.
When you restart the game, the file will be re-written correctly and might solve your problem.
If it does not, you still have the original file saved to replace it with.

There is no wolfconfig.cfq file, or anything starting with wolf for that matter

[>M@tEo$<]

He stated the game hasn't even started once, the config file has not been written yet

[Uganda be kidding me!]

I'm having this exact same issue on Windows 10

[Uganda be kidding me!]

Ok solved it, just download http://www.markshan.com/knightmare/downloads/rtcw-sp-1.42d-win32-bin.zip and extract to the Wolfenstein folder and then run the new WolfSP.exe

GET PSYCHED

[AvXZ7]

That unofficial 1.42d patch that he/she above me uses is a bit old and forgotten, it may or may not work but it may or may not also introduce other bugs if it do work. So maybe, maybe not.
I would however recommend to go with ioRtCW instead.

Download latest version of ioRtCW from here: https://github.com/iortcw/iortcw/releases
Click the .zip file that corresponds to your operating system to begin the download.
Note: Download "patch-data-141.zip" too and extract it to your main game folder before going ahead with ioRtCW.

I am gonna assume that you are on Windows so it's either iortcw-1.51c-win-x86.zip or iortcw-1.51c-win-x64.zip to download.
If you are unsure about what OS version you're running (x86 or x64) press "Windows key" + "R" then type in "msinfo32" and click OK.
It will show you if you are running x86-based PC or x64-based PC.
Or you could just click on Start -> Settings -> System -> About and see if it says 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64), if you're on Win10.

Extract or open your downloaded file.
Open folder so you can see the Docs and Main folders + executable and .dll files, move all of these over to your main game folder ("X\Steam\steamapps\common\Return to Castle Wolfenstein").

Rename WolfSP.exe and WolfMP.exe to something like WolfSP0.exe and WolfMP0.exe, it shouldn't be a problem if you rather wish to delete these two files either but this is how I did.
Copy ioWolfMP."x86/x64".exe and ioWolfSP."x86/x64".exe then paste them in same folder, this creates copies of them and you are to rename these copies accordingly to WolfSP.exe and WolfMp.exe.

Done, you can now launch game from steam.

I am running the game in this configuration in Win10 pro 64-bit with RTCW Venom Mod, runs beautifully.

[Wolf.Enstein]

Originally posted by RavZ77:

That unofficial 1.42d patch Daddy uses is a bit old and forgotten (2013). I would recommend to try with ioRtCW instead.

+1

[stargazer]

Originally posted by RavZ77:

That unofficial 1.42d patch Daddy uses is a bit old and forgotten (2013). I would recommend to try with ioRtCW instead.

Download latest version of ioRtCW from here: https://github.com/iortcw/iortcw/releases
Click the .zip file that corresponds to your operating system to begin the download.

I am gonna assume you are on Windows so it's either iortcw-1.51c-win-x86.zip or iortcw-1.51c-win-x64.zip.
If you are unsure about what OS version you're running (x86 or x64) press "Windows key" + "R" then type in "msinfo32" and click OK.
It will show you if you are running x86-based PC or x64-based PC.
Or you could just click on Start -> Settings -> System -> About and see if it says 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64).

Extract or open your downloaded file.
Open folder so you can see the Docs and Main folders + executable and .dll files, move all of these over to your game folder (X\Steam\steamapps\common\Return to Castle Wolfenstein).

Rename WolfSP.exe and WolfMP.exe to something like WolfSP0.exe and WolfMP0.exe.
Copy ioWolfMP."x86/x64".exe and ioWolfSP."x86/x64".exe then paste them in same folder, this creates copies of them and you are to rename these accordingly to WolfSP.exe and WolfMp.exe.

Done, you can launch game from steam.

I am running the game in this configuration with RTCW Venom Mod and it runs beautifully.

ALL WORKING!
Thank you so much, can't wait to start killing Nazis

[moreliante]

Originally posted by RavZ77:

That unofficial 1.42d patch Daddy uses is a bit old and forgotten (2013). I would recommend to try with ioRtCW instead.

Download latest version of ioRtCW from here: https://github.com/iortcw/iortcw/releases
Click the .zip file that corresponds to your operating system to begin the download.

I am gonna assume you are on Windows so it's either iortcw-1.51c-win-x86.zip or iortcw-1.51c-win-x64.zip.
If you are unsure about what OS version you're running (x86 or x64) press "Windows key" + "R" then type in "msinfo32" and click OK.
It will show you if you are running x86-based PC or x64-based PC.
Or you could just click on Start -> Settings -> System -> About and see if it says 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64).

Extract or open your downloaded file.
Open folder so you can see the Docs and Main folders + executable and .dll files, move all of these over to your game folder (X\Steam\steamapps\common\Return to Castle Wolfenstein).

Rename WolfSP.exe and WolfMP.exe to something like WolfSP0.exe and WolfMP0.exe.
Copy ioWolfMP."x86/x64".exe and ioWolfSP."x86/x64".exe then paste them in same folder, this creates copies of them and you are to rename these accordingly to WolfSP.exe and WolfMp.exe.

Done, you can launch game from steam.

I am running the game in this configuration with RTCW Venom Mod and it runs beautifully.

WORKS LIKE A CHARM.
Thank you.

[Seniore Sigler]

Originally posted by RavZ77:

That unofficial 1.42d patch Daddy uses is a bit old and forgotten (2013). I would recommend to try with ioRtCW instead.

Download latest version of ioRtCW from here: https://github.com/iortcw/iortcw/releases
Click the .zip file that corresponds to your operating system to begin the download.

I am gonna assume you are on Windows so it's either iortcw-1.51c-win-x86.zip or iortcw-1.51c-win-x64.zip.
If you are unsure about what OS version you're running (x86 or x64) press "Windows key" + "R" then type in "msinfo32" and click OK.
It will show you if you are running x86-based PC or x64-based PC.
Or you could just click on Start -> Settings -> System -> About and see if it says 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64).

Extract or open your downloaded file.
Open folder so you can see the Docs and Main folders + executable and .dll files, move all of these over to your game folder (X\Steam\steamapps\common\Return to Castle Wolfenstein).

Rename WolfSP.exe and WolfMP.exe to something like WolfSP0.exe and WolfMP0.exe.
Copy ioWolfMP."x86/x64".exe and ioWolfSP."x86/x64".exe then paste them in same folder, this creates copies of them and you are to rename these accordingly to WolfSP.exe and WolfMp.exe.

Done, you can launch game from steam.

I am running the game in this configuration with RTCW Venom Mod and it runs beautifully.

did not work for me.says invalid pk3 files referenced when trying to join games

What did work was i found in task manager that even after i closed the process for wolfMP or wolfSP.exe files, steam thought game was still running. i go back in task manager and by chance i noticed two processes labelled rundll32 ... i closed the smaller one (1800kb) and still running. closed the larger one (15,000kb or so) and viola. that was actually something to do with why steam thought wolfenstein was still running. i will try to recreate it again to verify.. but im pretty sure .

[AvXZ7]

Originally posted by Seniore Sigler:

did not work for me.says invalid pk3 files referenced when trying to join games

What did work was i found in task manager that even after i closed the process for wolfMP or wolfSP.exe files, steam thought game was still running. i go back in task manager and by chance i noticed two processes labelled rundll32 ... i closed the smaller one (1800kb) and still running. closed the larger one (15,000kb or so) and viola. that was actually something to do with why steam thought wolfenstein was still running. i will try to recreate it again to verify.. but im pretty sure .

Hmm, then try download "patch-data-141.zip" (from the same github link) and extract those files over to your main game folder before going ahead with ioRtCW, may solve that thing about invalid pk3 files at least.

[Inquisitor]

I can play it from game folder but steam is searching for WolfSP0.exe, I can't play it from steam :(